课件17张PPT。Unit 2Unit 2
English around the worldon WorkbookLook at the map. It shows some of the places in the world where English is spoken as an official language. Guess what this listening is about.on page 48Listen to the tape and see if you are right.Listen to the tape again. Work out the name of each student’s country and find the hints that help you identify them.India Ireland the PhilippinesSingapore South Asia; more than a billion people; British rulersgreen island in western Europe; British rulersmore than 7,000 islandsvery small; a city; in southeast Asia; very richWhat these countries have in common?They all speak English; they were all
Non-English speakers before being
conquered or colonized by English-speaking peoples.on page 51Do you also practice your English outside class? What do you usually do to improve your listening? Discuss with your partner.Listen to what Wang Ting and Chen Peng have to say and find out how they improve their English. Write down the main idea.Wang Ting and Chen Peng are discussing how they improve their English listening outside class.Listen again and answer the following questions. 1. What is Wang Ting going to do this weekend?
She is going to buy some CDs to improve her English.2. What does Wang Ting think about listening to English songs?
She likes to listen to English songs to learn idiomatic English expressions.
3. Did Chen Peng often watch English films? Does he watch them now?
No, he used to watch English films. He doesn’t watch them now as he thinks they are too hard without Chinese subtitles.4. What does Chen Peng like watching on CCTV 9?
He likes listening to Chinese people and reading the English subtitles.
5. What does Wang Ting ask Chen Peng to do?
She asks him to listen to native speakers more often.6. What does Chen Peng’s teacher say about learning English? What does she mean?
The teacher asks him to learn “little and often”. She means that he should do a little extra listening every day to make the best improvement.Write down the three ways Wang Ting suggests to improve English skills.Listening to ____________ is an easy way to _____ some idiomatic __________.
2. Watching ________________________ __________ is a good way to ________ your _____________ of English.
3. Listening to _________________ can improve your _____________.English songslearnexpressions the news and the interviews on CCTV 9practiseunderstandingthe native speakers listening skills课件15张PPT。Unit 2Unit 2
English around the worldon Page 51The Oxford English DictionaryHow it began
1857: The Philological Society of London calls for a new English Dictionary.
More work than they thought
1884: Five years into a proposed ten-year project.The history of the Oxford English DictionaryOne step at a time
1884-1928: The Dictionary is published in fascicles.
Keeping it current
1933-1986: Supplements to the OED
Making it modern
1980s: The Supplements are integrated with the OED to produce its Second Edition.Into the electronic age
1992: The first CD-ROM version of the OED is published.
The future has begun
The present: The OED is now being fully revised, with new material published in parts online.Do you know who is the writer of The Oxford English Dictionary?James Murray, Samuel Johnson, and Noah Webster.James A. H. Murray Samuel JohnsonNoah Webster born in Scotlandno formal education; taught
himself while workingworked in a bank before beginning to compile the OEDMake notes about Murray’s life according to the passage.compiling the first edition of the OED
Its difficulties:
1 worded in a shed in his garden and behind his house
2 very cold as it was one metre underground3 no heating; he had to wear a coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm
4 no electric light; he worked at night with candlesQualities needed:
1 commitment
2 perseverance
3 accuracyat first just James Murray; later his two daughters; finished by other editors after his death 1928first edition took forty-four years to compile
